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Stories for Children Magazine 5 Star Review, March 3, 2009
This review is from: The Adventures of Henrietta Ham: Gone Fishing (Paperback)
Henrietta and Tanya, the two girls who accidentally fell into a chute at a canned ham factory while on a tour with their parents and became canned hams themselves, are back for another adventure. The two ham-shaped girls are going fishing with their neighbor Brandon and Henrietta's brother Teddy. During the process, they learn all about how to fish with spinners, earthworms, rubber worms, and poppers, and also about the difference between carp, bass, sunfish, and bluegills, along with other fishing-related information. However, can you imagine some of the situations that result when the two hammy girls who have never cast a fishing rod before try for the first time. Will they catch any fish? And what will happen when a strong carp takes Henrietta's bait? Author Donna Raheb has another winner with this second book in The Adventures of Henrietta Ham series. Raheb has worked in the television and computer fields, but a cancer diagnosis prompted her to follow her heart's desire to write. She also felt the obligation to stress the importance of living a healthy lifestyle and so created the "Treasure Your Youth" slogan, using Henrietta Ham and her friends to encourage children to play outdoors. The madcap capers of these somewhat zany but zestful characters, so well captured by the striking illustrations of Bill Dougal, will certainly help youngsters see the need to treasure their youth as they giggle at this enjoyable story.
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A Great Follow-Up To Author Donna Raheb's First Children's Book, March 9, 2009
This review is from: The Adventures of Henrietta Ham: Gone Fishing (Paperback)
What a great follow-up to The Adventures of Henrietta Ham: Meet Henrietta! I enjoyed this story even more than the first book, and I'm glad to see Henrietta and Tanya back for more outdoor fun. It reminded me of the many times I went fishing in the brook on my farm with my dogs and fishing for bass in the crystal clear water of Alexander's Lake. I'm looking forward to Henrietta's next adventure!
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There are some unusual genes in Henrietta's family, November 18, 2008
This review is from: The Adventures of Henrietta Ham: Gone Fishing (Paperback)
The title character is a bit unique for she truly is a ham, as in a piece of processed pork meat. Her head is shaped like a canned ham with arms, legs, brown hair and she has the nose of a pig, Tanya, another ham head, accompanies Henrietta. They enjoy doing the things that normal (as in standard shaped) children do. In this case, they are off to a pond to fish with two normal children Teddy and Brandon. The genes in Henrietta's family must be quite unusual as Teddy is Henrietta's older brother. The fishing is very good in the pond; the children catch several sunfish and after gently removing the hooks, release them back into the water. There is a point of great excitement when Henrietta catches a large carp that is so powerful that it pulls her into the water and she does the equivalent of water-skiing on her floatation device. Poppa Ed (another normal person) jumps in the pond and rescues her and the story ends with Momma (another normal person) ringing the bell to call them all to dinner. One of the most interesting illustrations in the book is on page 25, where Henrietta is being pulled across the water by the carp. In the background there are three beehives, which is something that most children and adults would not recognize. The silliness of the ham-headed characters is a feature that will be attractive to youngsters as to most children, the sillier the better. The style of the book is two or three short paragraphs of text on the left page with the illustration on the right page. This is a book that will appeal to children, although there are a few aspects of the rural life that city kids will not understand.
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